This document discusses open source game development tools and game jams. It describes Ludum Dare as one of the world's largest game jam events where participants create a game from scratch over a weekend using a given theme. Game jams provide constraints that help with teamwork, planning, feedback and curing perfectionism. The document recommends tools like Phaser, LÖVE, Godot and Unity for game engines, GIMP and Blender for graphics, howler.js and Audacity for audio, and lists example games and tools used by winners of the Open Jam game jam.

1. OPEN SOURCE GAME
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS 101

2. +
Scripta Games
& Open Jam
JARED
SPRAGUE
MICHAEL
CLAYTON

3. WHO PLAYS GAMES?

4. WHO MAKES GAMES?

5. WHY GAME DEVELOPMENT?
1 Many disciplines, both creative &
technical
2 Tangible, shareable result
3 Symbiotic with work
4 It's fun!

6. WHAT IS A GAME JAM?
A game jam is an event where participants
create a game with some constraints, typically
a short period of time and a theme.

7. "Ludum Dare is one of the worlds largest and longest running Game
Jam events. Every 4 months, we challenge creators to make a game
from scratch in a weekend."
One weekend, one theme, thousands of games made by thousands of
creators. Choose Easy Mode (Jam) or Hard Mode (Compo). 2,944
games were submitted for the 38th Ludum Dare.
Some high-placing Ludum Dare games go on to be commercially
successful.
ldjam.com

8. WHY GAME JAMS?
1
Constraints
2
Teamwork
3
Planning & prioritization
4
Cures perfectionism
5
Feedback
6
Friendly competition

9. HOW TO JAM

10. PICK YOUR TOOLS
ENGINES
(JavaScript 2D)
Phaser
(Lua)
LÖVE
pygame
(Python)
(gdscript & C++)
Godot

11. PICK YOUR TOOLS
GRAPHICS
GIMPBlender
(JavaScript)Babylon
Piskel
(JavaScript)three.js
Text
Inkscape

12. PICK YOUR TOOLS
AUDIO
howler.js
AudacityBeepBox sfxr (& co)

13. PICK YOUR TOOLS
MULTIPLAYER
Lance.gg
WebSocket
Socket.io

14. ALL THE TOOLS
bit.ly/awesome-gamedev

15. PICK A JAM
itch.io/jams

16. JOIN A TEAM
CROWDFORGE.IO/JAMS

18. WHY?

19. 1ST PLACE
Markus The Lost Magician
by scroplus
OPENJAM.IO CLICK RESULTS
Tools Used
1 Unity
2 Blender

20. 2ND PLACE
Retro Daddy
by Andrew Howizon
OPENJAM.IO CLICK RESULTS
Tools Used:
1 Blender
2 Audacity
3 Unity

21. 3RD PLACE
Stellar Wrath
by Dual Wielding
Tools Used:
1 Godot
OPENJAM.IO CLICK RESULTS

22. HONORABLE MENTION
PAINT RIDER
Tools Used:
1 Godot
2 GIMP
3 sfxr
4 Audacity

23. QUESTIONS

24. THANK YOU!
Jared Sprague - @caramelcode
Michael Clayton - @mwcz
Scripta Games - http://scripta.co
Open Jam - http://openjam.io
Exhaustive list of FOSS gamedev tools - bit.ly/awesome-gamedev